When Weight Matters

30/05/2026

30/05/2026

28/05/2026

In case the change in nomenclature from PCOS to PMOS leaves you wondering why, let's take a moment to consider the implications of an unfortunate old name for misunderstanding and stigma.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/28/pcos-pmos-nash-and-mash-whats-in-a-name/

25/05/2026

Are obesity medicines and surgery at crossed purposes? Or are we inevitably headed toward a more realistic model of chronic care for obesity? Two new papers – in JAMA Surgery & Nature Medicine – offer insight.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/25/the-intersection-of-medicine-and-surgery-in-obesity/

12/05/2026

Decades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOS

12/05/2026

At , we should absolutely examine how food systems influence health. But if the goal is better health outcomes, more equitable care, and less stigma, then moralizing obesity doesn't ultimately help. https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/12/eco2026-the-impulse-to-moralize-obesity-is-alive-and-well/

06/05/2026

Our desire to be thin is often shaped by societal pressure and diet culture, which equates smaller bodies with health and success. But focusing only on weight loss can overlook long-term wellbeing — and may even lead to weight regain over time.

Weight loss isn’t always a medical issue, and using medications for aesthetic reasons lacks long-term evidence. While some treatments are safe and effective for managing obesity, their purpose is health — not appearance.

Obesity is a complex, chronic disease influenced by biology, genetics, environment and lived experience — not willpower. It requires personalised, evidence-based care that supports overall health and quality of life.

People living with obesity deserve respectful, long-term care — just like any other chronic condition.

04/05/2026

For years, obesity research largely overlooked a phenomenon that patients describe consistently: persistent, intrusive thoughts about food, now widely named as “food noise.” New publications tell us that's changing.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/05/04/study-of-food-noise-aims-to-account-for-lived-experience/

25/04/2026

The research shows that, even now, when people seek treatment with new obesity medicines, others are judging them as less moral, competent, and deserving of care than others who face obesity without medicines that effectively treat it.
https://conscienhealth.org/2026/04/25/obesity-treatment-still-judging-after-all-these-years/